Curtain rod guide



w. A. MURRAY El'AL Jam-11, 1949.

CURTAIN ROD GUIDE Filed Feb. 24, 1947 William A Murray Gordon 7. Ill/6y Patented Jan. 1 1, 1949 CURTAIN ROD GUIDE William A. Murray, Ajo, and Gordon T. Alley,

Tucson, Ariz.

Application February 24, 1947, Serial No. 730,320

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to improvements in ourtain rod guides or devices adapted for attachment to curtain'rods for facilitating the threading of the curtain rod through the hem of a curtain or the like.

Heretofore, guides or other attachments for this purpose have been rigidly secured to the curtain rod. We have discovered, however, that if the guide is loosely mounted on the curtain rod so that it tends to oscillate with respect to the rod, the rod may be threaded through the hem much more easily, with greater rapidity-and with less tendency to tear the hems of even the flimsiest.

of materials.

It is an object of the present invention, therefore, to provide a curtain rod guide so constructed and arranged that it is capable of slight movement laterally of the rod to which it is attached and, in general, to provide an improved curtain rod threading device.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a device which is extremely simple in construction and durable and efiicient in operation.

Other and further objects and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the accompanying drawings wherein a preferred embodiment of the principles of the invention has been selected for exemplification.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a curtain rod guide constructed in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the device of Fig. 1 positioned in a curtain rod of the usual kind, channel-shaped in cross-section;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through Fig. 1 and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the device shown in Fig. 1 with the guide head partly broken away and indicating in dotted lines the preferred extent of the oscillatory movement of the head.

In the drawings, wherein like numerals refer to like parts, guide head H) which may be formed of any suitable material such as metal, wood or plastic is provided in any configuration and contour, such as the tapered shape, as shown. Opening rearwardly of the head I!) are a pair of sockets or recesses l2 and I4, preferably outwardly diverging. Curtain rod fastening means l6, which may be a spring wire bent into elongated elliptical shape adapted to fit snugly in a channelshaped curtain rod, is provided with integral outwardly bent fingers l 8 and 20 for engaging the sockets or recesses 12 and M, respectively, whereby to secure the attaching means [8 to the guide head I.

As shown, the sockets or recesses l2 and 14 are somewhat greater in cross-sectional area than the fingers l8 and 20 so that the rocking movement of the enlarged sockets with respect to the fingers will enable the head Hi to oscillate with respect to the attaching means and the curtain rod to which it is secured, but at the same time to be secured against separation from or longitudinal movement relative to the clip means l6.

Attaching member l6 can be readily snapped into or out of engagement with the sockets or recesses of the guide head. Thus, the same guide head may be used with interchangeable attaching means adapted to fit a variety of curtain rods of diflerent shapes and sizes.

In use the attaching member I6 is intended to I be inserted in an end of the curtain rod to seat rigidly therein with the guide head l0 projecting from the rod and so supported that it is capable of oscillatory or lateral movement in either di rection relative to the rod. In this manner the head l0 acts as a flexible guide very readily and rapidly to thread the curtain rod through the hem of a curtain or other hanging of any material, whether starched or not.

When threading is completed the guide is merely pulled from the end of the curtain rod and is ready for insertion in another curtain rod for another threading operation.

We Wish it to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise construction set forth but that it includes within its purview whatever changes fairly come within either the termsor the spirit of the appended claim.

Having described our invention, we claim: A guide for threading a curtain rod comprising, a guide head, a plurality of angularly disposed sockets opening at the rear of said guide head, a spring wire clip for attaching said guide head to a curtain rod and angularly disposed fingers carried by said clip and loosely fitting in said sockets whereby to support said guide for lateral movement with respect to the curtain rod.

WILLIAM A. MURRAY. GORDON T. ALLEY,

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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